Look for the One with the Burden

Find the person in your church who has a real burden for a specific task, and then let him do it.

Seeing the Reflection in the Bible

It was Helmut Thielicke, the German theologian, who said that in studying these stories of Jesus the viewpoint is everything. To illustrate what he meant, ...

When Good Business Is Bad Business

The church appears to be adopting the principles and practices of big business and finding these practices very effective.

Now there is nothing wrong with ...

Whose Will?

It is difficult to be honest about the choices we make. Rather than "I decided to ..." we say, "God directed me to..." When things ...

Shallow Knowledge

The situation today is Lots of knowledge, but little understanding

Think Big

Looking through a peephole is no way to stay motivated when you're moving toward a goal. The big view is important. It takes big dreams--big goals--big ...

A Leaky Ship

If we lose the vision, we alone are responsible, and the way we lose the vision is by spiritual leakage. If we do not run our belief about God into practical ...

Seeing Invisible Things

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

An Early View of Aviation

The demonstration that no possible combination of known substances, known forms of machinery, and known forms of force can be united in a practical machine ...

Montesquieu's Opinion of the Population Crisis

The population of the earth decreases every day, and, if this continues, in another ten centuries the earth will be nothing but a desert.